Quilting frame



March 6, 1934. H. B. DONNELLY QUILTING FRAME Filed April 12, 1953 A TTORNEY Patented Mar. 6, 1934 attire STATES OFFICE This invention relates to quilting frames and ening or tightening by any suitable means, such more in particular to folding quilting frames as a T head which is imbedded in the bridge 17 adapted for quilting bed spreads or similar artiof H bar 12. The outer end 18 of the H bar 12 cles. must be flush with the square bars 14 when as- The primary object of this invention is to pro sembled- AS ow in Figure 5 of the drawing, 60

vide a quilting frame which can be folded up into the H bar 12 is considerably lon than t a very compact and limited space, when not in square bars 14, so as to provide an p Space use. between said square bars 14.

Another object is to provide such a device which Referring now to Figure 4, the female portion can be assembled or folded very quickly. 11 of the supporting or retaining bars 2 and 3 5 A further object is to provide a device which is respectiv y, Consists of tWO p lelly disp adapted for quantity manufacture in wood. square bars 20, imbedded and securely nailed Additionalfeatures and advantages of this inor screwed in the recesses 21 of the H bar 22 in vention will appear from the following descripthe same manner as heretofore described for tion considered in connection with the accomt male Portion the y difference being 70' 'panying drawing forming a part, of t applicain that the lengths of the H and square bars tion and in which: are reversed, that is, the square bars are con- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device showsiderably longer a e H ba 22. T e inner ing the quilting frame set up, ready for use, ends 23 of said square bars 20 are provided with Figure 2 is aside elevation of Figure 1. a cut-out portion 24 which comes in engagement 75 Figure 3 is a top elevation of the quilting frame. with the under-cut porti0n the e p01? Figure 4 is an isometric view of the female portiOh 0 the quilt supporting her 2 Or e r ta ntion of one of the quilt suporting bars. ing bar 3, when in closed position. This joint Figure 5 is an isometric view of the male porwill be well suited for supporting the quilting "1 25 tion of one of the quilt supporting bars. material without sagging.

Figure 6 is a representation of one of the side In use, the male and female portions of the frames in folded condition, and quilt supporting bar 2 or the retaining bar 3 are Figure '7 represents an isometric view of the put together, by sliding the H bar 12 of the male hinged portion of the side frame, portion between the open space of the square 39 Referring to the drawing, the quilting frame bars 14 of the female portion 11 until the H bar comprises a pair of foldable side frames 1, a pair 12 comes in abutment with H bar 22. Both, the

of interlocking quiit supporting bars 2 and an male and the female portions are held in locked interlocking retaining bar 3. position by means of a hook connector 26 of any The foldable side frame 1 consists of a crossdesired commercial design. 35 bar 4, supported on, and hingedly connected ad- The engaging parts of the male and female jacent its ends, to the legs 5 by means of hingeportions 10 and 11 respectively are suitably diplates 6, which latter, are held in l t '7 nd mensioned to provide suflicient clearance to alswingingly supported on a screw or pin 8. Screws l w n rm n n without fi in he 9 may be employed to hold the other end of said rigidity of the Same When p t her r use. ,40 hinge-plate on said legs 5. The quilt supporting bars 2 and the retaining The quilt supporting bars 2 and the retaining bars 3 may be of any desired length to suit the bar 3 are of the same construction and consist of Width Of e quilting eltwo parts, the male portion 19 and the female The legs 5 are Suitably epertllred a '7 fo the portion 11, reception of the wing-bolts 16, by which means 45;; The male portion 10 is composed of a bar 12 of they are held together. H-shaped cross-section having inserted in the re- When using the quilting frame, the wing-nut cesses 13 substantially square bars 1%, rigidly held bolts 16 of the quilt supporting bars 2 are intogether by nails or screws. By this construction serted in suitable slots 28 provided adjacent the a cruciform design of the quilt supportin bar ends of the cross-bars 4 for that purpose and 50;; 2 and the retaining bar 3 is obtained, the purpose are then securely held from rotation by means 1 5 of which will be described later. of wing-nuts 29.

As will be noted in Figure 5 of the drawing, The ends of the quilting material are then the free end 15 of the male portion 10 is provided nailed on one of the four arms or nailing strips with a centrally disposed wing-bolt 16, and the 30 of the cruciform shaped bar 2 and rolled up '55.: same may be prevented from turning when loosuntil the quilting material is fully stretched.

As the work progresses the material is rolled up on one of the quilt supporting bars and released from the other quilt supporting bar by loosening the wing-nuts 29. When the quilting material is again fully stretched the wing-nuts 29 are again tightened.

When the device is not in use, all folded parts are placed together andtied with a strap or rope; when so packed the quilting frame requires very little space and can be easily stored away for future use.

Many changes in the precise construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts may be made Without exceeding the scope of the claims, and I reserve the liberty of making all such changes as may be thought desirable and come within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:-

1. In a quilting frame of the character described, a pair of foldable side elements provided with legs, a pair of separable quilt supporting bars and a separable retaining bar, said separable quilt supporting bars and said separable retaining bar composed of a male and a female member; said male member comprising an elongated H-bar and a short square bar imbedded adjacent the end of said H-bar in each of the recesses of the latter, said female member comprising a pair of elongated parallelly disposed square bars, each imbedded adjacent its ends in one of the recesses of a short H bar, said pair of elongated parallelly disposed square bars of said female member adapted to receive therebetween said elongated H-bar of said male member, and means for locking said male and said female members, after uniting.

2. In a quilting frame of the character described, a pair of foldable side elements provided with legs, a pair of separable quilt supporting bars and a separable retaining bar, said separable quilt supporting bars and said separable retaining bar composed of a male and a female member; said male member comprising an elongated H-bar and a short square bar imbedded adjacent the end of said H-bar in each of the recesses of the latter, said female member comprismg a pair of elongated parallelly disposed square bars, each imbedded adjacent its ends in one of the recesses of a short H-bar, said short square bars of said male member having at its abutting ends an under-cut portion adapted to register with a cut-out portion of the square bars of said female member, the latter also adapted to receive therebetween said elongated H-bar of said male member, and means for locking said male and female member after uniting.

3. In a quilting frame of the character described, a pair of foldable side elements provided with legs, a pair of separable quilt supporting bars and a separable retaining bar, said separable quilt supporting bars and said separable retaining bar composed of a male and a female member; said male member comprising an elongated H-bar and a short square bar imbedded adjacent the end of said H-bar in each of the recesses of the latter, said female member comprising a pair of elongated parallelly disposed square bars, each imbedded adjacent its ends in one of the recesses of a short H-bar, said short square bars of said male member having at its abutting ends an under-cut portion adapted to register with a cut-out portion of the square bars of said female member, the latter also adapted to receive therebetween said elongated H-bar of said male member when interlocking, thereby producing a bar of substantially equi-lateral cruciform shape and said shape extending over the entire length of said bar.

HUGH B. DONNELLY.

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